This is a ridiculously terrible poem! I have to admit I did not find John to be "clever and hilarious regardless of his politics" but even with that caveat, he deserves much better than this. It looks as though this group, as have so many, has sunk so deeply into the cesspool of their own anger and petulance about the modern world they have decided to forego any notion of what makes a good poem, be it in meter or non-meter or by word splatters of the deranged. It isn't a fitting tribute to anyone unless it's said in jest at a roast of someone who is still with us.
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